MONTOYA v. STATE

No. 13-90-165-CR.

811 S.W.2d 671 (1991)

Santos MONTOYA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

June 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen A. Barnard, Harlingen, for appellant.

Ben Euresti, Jr., Luis V. Saenz, County Crim. Dist. Attys., Brownsville, for appellee.


OPINION

HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Santos Montoya, guilty of murder. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(a) (Vernon 1990). His punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for eighty-five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. He appeals by one point of error. We affirm.

Appellant does not speak English. A qualified translator was appointed by the trial court. See Tex.Code Crim...

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